SCHEDULE 1MEANING OF “LICENSING AUTHORITY”

1

Subject to paragraphs 2 to 5, “licensing authority” means—

a

in relation to an application for a licence for the storage within one site of no more than 2000 kilograms of explosives to which paragraph (a)(i) or (b) of the definition of “explosive” in regulation 2(1) applies—

i

the chief officer of police for the area in which the storage is to take place where—

aa

any of the explosives are relevant explosives;

bb

any of the explosives are ammunition the acquisition of which is regulated or prohibited by virtue of the Firearms Acts 1968 to 199778;

cc

any of the explosives are smokeless powder or percussion caps; or

dd

the explosives are to be stored by a person who is registered as a firearms dealer under section 33 of the Firearms Act 196879;

ii

the local authority for the area in which the storage is to take place where none of the explosives are of a type to which sub-paragraph (a)(i) applies;

b

the Executive where the explosives are to be stored on the surface at a mine, whether in a building or not, or within a harbour;

c

where the application for a licence relates to the manufacture or storage of ammonium nitrate blasting intermediate, the Executive;

d

in relation to an application for a licence in any other case, the Executive.